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A Christ figure, also known as a Christ-Image, is a literary technique that the author uses to draw allusions between their characters and the biblical Jesus.More loosely, the Christ figure is a spiritual or prophetic character who parallels Jesus, or other spiritual or prophetic figures.
Allusion is an economical device, a figure of speech that uses a relatively short space to draw upon the ready stock of ideas, cultural memes or emotion already associated with a topic. Thus, an allusion is understandable only to those with prior knowledge of the covert reference in question, a mark of their cultural literacy. [8]
In the book and television series Game of Thrones, major character Cersei Lannister draws name and traits from Circe. In part 3 of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Pagan witch Circe has the ability to change a person into “any creature she’s ever seen.” She transforms friends of Harvey Kinkle into pigs (then back again).
Depicted as an example of arrogance in a wall carving in Purgatory. Purg. X, 68. Midas: legendary Phrygian king who greedily asked that all he touched be turned to gold. Cited by souls in the terrace of the greedy as an example of the tragedy of greed. Purg. XX, 103–105. Minerva: Roman goddess of wisdom, equivalent to the Greek goddess Athena.
Since they often contain a classical allusion, known as a diǎngù , elementary and secondary school students in greater China learn chengyu as part of the classical curriculum in order to study the context from which the chengyu was born. Often the four characters reflect the moral behind the story rather than the story itself.
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This is when the name of a character has a symbolic meaning. For example, in Dickens' Great Expectations , Miss Havisham has a sham or lives a life full of pretense. In Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter , Rev. Dimmesdale metaphorically fades away (dims) as the novel progresses, while Chillingworth has a cold (chilled) heart.